The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I’ve come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.

I’m the president of the United States. I’m not the emperor of the United States.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

I’m the only president you’ve got.

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.

I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you’re decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

The story being told in ‚Star Wars‘ is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you’re in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they’re actually not.

When I checked into SEAL Team One many years ago, one of the things that I noticed was there was this old guy, who was younger than I am today, who I decided that I was going to be like. I wanted to emulate what he was doing, and one of those things was he got to work before anybody else.

I don’t run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

There’s always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There’s an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

Journalism largely consists of saying ‚Lord Jones is Dead‘ to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

And I think it’s that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the questions that were being pounded on me through the campaign. A lot of times, I wondered what in the world Barack was even getting us into.

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender to be president of the United States.

Example is leadership.

Chavez, who came out of the ranks of the Venezuelan Army, is methodical and tireless. I have observed him over the course of 17 years, since his first visit to Cuba. He is an extremely humanitarian and law-abiding person; he has never taken revenge on anybody.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

It’s OK for China to invent cancer drugs that cure patients in the United States. We want them to catch up. But as the leader, we want to keep setting a very, very high standard. We don’t want them to catch up because we’re slowing down or, even worse, going into reverse.

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

How can a president not be an actor?

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It’s enough. Because it’s important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.